Cringing Cult of Celebrity in Guildford, Surrey*

Famous residents and ex-residents.

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• Paul Weller lives down the road.
• Cheryl and Ashley Cole live in Godalming.
• JJ Burnel is from Godalming not Guildford!
• THE BEARDED LADY. She's famous worldwide. A national monument. Moves in very strict sitting spots. Worth a look.
• Penelope Keith & Virginia / Peter Bottomley (MPs!) both live in the same lane in Milford, near Godalming.
• The footballer David Howells, ex tottenham hotspur player,used to live down sheepfold road, and my mum used to play with him wen they were kids. he used to be my favourite player due to this until 1 day my grandad wrote him a letter, asking for his autograph for me and asking how he was nowdays and if he remembered us, and all he got back was a prewritten letter saying, "thanks for your letter". the goon
• chris evans, billie piper, Tino Makoni, sienna miller
• The drummer from Survivor (Eye if the tiger - Rocky 3) must live in Guildford or near it, coz he's a teacher at a school in Guildford. Think it's Bishop Reindorp.
• There's loads but to name a few ....Ringo Starr lives in Cranleigh, Paul Wellar grew up in Stanley Road Woking (well it's near Guildford) Oh and this is a little known fact but Timothy Spall - the actor who plays Ron's pet rat in Harry Potter... well I went to school with his nephews and his bro owns the Astolat pub in Onslow Village! Not sure if he actually lives here...
• Ronan Keating lives in ripley
• cheryl from girls aloud beat up a toilet attendant at pikey club the drink! ..yeah we have no famous residents.
• roger taylor (queen, witley), ringo star (beatles, cranliegh), bruce Foxton (jam, wonersh), rick wakeman (yes, chilworth), David Palmer (hascombe), Chris Evans (hascombe), Tony hart (godalming), Richard Obrien (shalford), Eric Clapton (winterfold), phil Collins (chilworth), Jim Davidson (winterfold), The st . georges crew(diana ross, cliff richard, mick hucknell, eddie grant) and of course morph( with tony in godalming)
• My lil brother is like best friends with Chris Tarrents son. They live in Esher. Not far really! and also the famous alcholic guy who got a new liver and then started drinking agen. he lives near me in Farley Green.
• erm, well the eagle radio is stationed here
• I can't believe the level of illiteracy on this page. You should all return to school to learn how to spell and use grammar effectively and correctly. You should all be ashamed, you bunch of drop-outs. Get back to work anyway.
• ummm THE BEARDED LADY. sits in a circle of benches : near the library, magic circl,halifax, castle grounds...(og yeah and if anyone like to smoke weed etc...go to the bandstand in the castle grounds...v good)
• Richarc O' Brien. Bet ya didn't know that! In fact I doubt you know who he is (Think bald guy from Crystal Maze)
• Steve Gaisford - presenter on Sky must live in Guildford. Me and my mates see him loads.
• Ford Prefect came from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse, and not from Guildford after all.
• Katy Manning, who played Jo Grant in "Doctor Who" from 1971 to 1973, was born in Guildford (according to http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0543315/)
• gemma and jodie kid's family home is in cranleigh eric clapton lives in ripley bill pertwee lives in horsley anthea turner lives in godalming chris evans and billie piper live in hascombe brad pitt and robert redford lived in leatherhead whilst filming one of their films the usual st. georges hill crew (diana ross, sir cliff, mick hucknell)
• lewis carrol, purely because he gave us the glorious statue of alice thru the looking glass.....sum1 put there gum in her mouth last year and ever since then we have all put our smoked roaches in her mouth
• Hmm where to start. Mostly Godalming way (just outside Guildford) Chris + Billy, Anthea Turner, Damon Hill, Lewis Caroll (dead), Bonnie Langford I could go on . . . .
• Steve Mcsween is pretty famous
• Richard O'Brien....Yes the old bald Crystal Maze Bloke!
• We all know Clapton, Phil Collins, Bruce Grobbelar, Tony Hart, and Richard Branson's parents have lived in the Guildford area (more towards Cranleigh but close enough!), but how about Harry Secombe who lived just passed Shamley Green I think, oh and I remember seeing Alvin Stardust at Cranleigh swimming pool when I was a kid (don't know if it's because he lived there though). Paul Weller's from Woking, but that's getting a bit too far away to be considered Guilford.
• My friend saw chris evans in a bar. he lives in guildford. joel from neighbours used to also.
• Julian Stockwin the author lives in Oxford Road P G Wodehouse used to live in Epsom Road Colonel Conder, a contender for being Jack The Ripper, used to live in Waterden Road
• Joan Armatrading lives/lived in Guildford too! I read it in a mag. Also Kieth Relf. ex YARDBIRDS lived there in the sixties. Phillip Goodhand-Tait (sax player of renown ex Georgie Fame et al) also. Genesis was the Charterhouse (Godalming) school band. What about Paul Weller?
• Dave James, author of West Australian historical book 'Climb When Ready', was born in Guildford - although he's barely known by anybody in Western Australia, let alone remembered by anybody in Guildford!
• A mate of mine saw that twat Chris evans in the star..
• Penelope Keith lives nearby, her son works at the Yvonne Arnold
• I saw Jason Cunliff, u kno, the footie player who is going out with jerry in hollyoaks. What a cock he was.
• Michael Buerk lives around here somewhere. The Drummer from the Who lives in Wonersh I believe. Phil Collins used to live in Shalford. Tony Hart lives in Blackheath. Ringo Starr lives in Cranleigh. Can't think of anymore at the moment.
• I love Richard O'Brien. I want to lick his bald head
• Noddy.
• roger black (athletic) lives in westwood lane,normandy
• Trevor McDonald aka ITN News? At least I thought so.
• Err - a friend of mine knows Anthea Turner?
• chris evans
• Phil Collins pre his divorce on Jefferies, the High st. the filming of the Nat-West advert with Fry and Laurie.
• Famous athletics bloke Roger Black trains at the University.
• David Stainer, that bloke who is always on TV quiz shows.
• Chris Evans recently moved into Hascombe not far from Guildford, Michael Burke lives in Merrow, Lewis Carol is claimed to have lived and died here but in actual fact i've heard he only lived here for 3 weeks at his sisters house just before he died. Eric Clapton lives/lived near Cranleigh way, the Yvone Arnauld often brings some famous people to Guildford too. Anthea Turner lives in Ewhurst. Weybride which is about 25mins away has a very expensive area where, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Diana Ross, Cliff Richard and more live.
• i;ve head edward woodward appears on the first wednesday in every month in the three pigeons....
• Alan Titchmarsh is rumoured to have a property nearby
• Chris Evans lives near Godalming
• JJ Burnel (Stranglers), Bob Willis (cricket) and Terry Jones (Python) were all at the Grammar School in the '60s, and John Renbourn (Pentangle) was at George Abbott about the same time.
• Melanie Stace - she of Jim Davidson's Generation Game - lives in Guildford too.
• Phil Collins, seen in Robert Dyas 15 years ago.
• Bloke out of Status Quo's wife lived in my house.... So did the manager if Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music (Rhett Davis) My house was full of not very interesting celebrities until we moved in
• micheal burke (999)
• Famous people to see in the Hight Street: Bill Pertwee, Michael Buerke.
• Ben Elton
• Lewis Carrol (his house is behind the castle)
• Alan Wells (Gold medal win 100m sprint, Moscow (I think) - Technician in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University.
• Gonzo Bakor, Billy Thompson, Beret Ford, Pixie Malone.
• lewis carol, phil collins lived in shalford, and...i don't care about anyone else....

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